[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 133 (Friday, August 1, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5316-S5317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 3552. Ms. SLOTKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill S. 2296, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle F of title X, add the following:

     SEC. __. GEO-FENCING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS AGAINST CIVIL 
                   UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS.

       (a) In General.--Chapter 448 of title 49, United States 
     Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``Sec. 44815. Geo-fencing military installations against 
       civil unmanned aircraft systems

       ``(a) In General.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
     of enactment of this section, the Administrator, in 
     coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall issue a 
     notice of proposed rulemaking to carry out the intent of this 
     legislation, and not later than 1 year following that date, 
     the Administrator shall enact the rule.
       ``(b) Requirement to Equip With Active Geo-fencing 
     Technology.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
     which the Administrator first issues regulations under 
     subsection (a), a manufacturer or operator shall ensure that 
     all civil unmanned aircraft systems manufactured or operated 
     by such manufacturer or operator are equipped with active 
     geo-fencing technology that meets the requirements of 
     paragraph (2).
       ``(2) Requirements.--In order to meet the requirements of 
     this paragraph, geo-fencing technology shall be--
       ``(A) configured to automatically restrict a civil unmanned 
     aircraft system from entering a geographic area extending 
     around the perimeter of designated national security 
     sensitive facilities, such as military installations, 
     critical infrastructure, and industrial manufacturing 
     locations as determined by the Department of Defense, the 
     Federal Aviation Administration, and other relevant 
     departments and agencies;
       ``(B) configured to automatically restrict a civil unmanned 
     aircraft system from entering a geographic area extending 
     around the perimeter of any area restricted in accordance 
     with section 2209 of the FAA Extension, Safety, and Security 
     Act of 2016, as amended; and
       ``(C) regularly updated to include the latest geographic 
     boundary data of military installations as provided by the 
     Department of

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     Defense and the Federal Aviation Administration.
       ``(3) Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date on 
     which the Administrator first issues regulations under 
     subsection (a), the Administrator shall issue guidance to 
     manufacturers on performance standards for such geo-fencing 
     technology to comply with the requirements of such 
     regulations.
       ``(4) Exceptions.--The Secretary of Defense, in 
     coordination with the Administrator, shall develop procedures 
     for exceptions to the requirements described in paragraph 
     (2), as necessary, for government-authorized unmanned 
     aircraft system. Nothing in this section shall be construed 
     to limit the Department of Defense operation of unmanned 
     aircraft systems.
       ``(c) Requirement to Register UAS at Point of Sale.--Not 
     later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
     section, any retailer of an unmanned aircraft system shall 
     register each unmanned aircraft system at the point of sale 
     to enable identification of unmanned aircraft system 
     operators when necessary.
       ``(d) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Administrator.--The term `Administrator' means the 
     Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.
       ``(2) Civil unmanned aircraft system.--The term `civil 
     unmanned aircraft system', means, with respect to an unmanned 
     aircraft system, that the unmanned aircraft is not a public 
     aircraft as defined in section 40102.
       ``(3) Geo-fencing.--The term `geo-fencing' means the use of 
     technology to create virtual geographic boundaries, enabling 
     software to prevent an unmanned aircraft system from entering 
     enter specified airspace as described in subsection 
     (b)(2)(A).
       ``(4) Manufacturer or operator.--The term `manufacturer or 
     operator' means a person who manufactures or operates a civil 
     unmanned aircraft system.
       ``(5) National security sensitive facilities.--The term 
     `national security sensitive facilities' refers to facilities 
     that are critical to national defense, intelligence, homeland 
     security, or other sensitive Federal operations and require 
     restrictions to protect such facilities from unauthorized 
     overflight or surveillance.
       ``(6) Unmanned aircraft system.--The term `unmanned 
     aircraft system' has the meaning given that term in section 
     44801.''.
       (b) Clerical Amendment.--The analysis for chapter 448 of 
     title 49, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
     the item relating to section 44814 the following:

``44815. Geo-fencing military installations against unmanned aircraft 
              systems.''.
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